Station design There will be new stations on the tunnelled section of the route which will have connections to the existing underground stations and surface services. The new stations will be at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel, the Isle of Dogs/Canary Wharf and Woolwich.

Rail service

Crossrail will deliver a major new heavy-duty suburban rail service for London and the South-East. It will connect the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow Airport to commuter areas east and west of the capital.

Crossrail will provide easier, quicker and more direct travel opportunities across the capital for the first time via new lines and tunnels. The project will ease crowding on many existing tube and rail routes

Crossrail has been working closely with Network Rail and freight and passenger companies to develop a workable timetable for Crossrail services since 2005, with the intention of gaining an approved access option from the ORR.

The Crossrail team has carried out extensive simulations of future services operating on the rail network. These indicate that a high level of punctuality of services can be achieved - at least 24 trains an hour in peak times in each direction and good public performance measures are predicted. Worst case scenarios have also been simulated - including signal failures, extended dwell times and interfering freight paths - to see where improvements could be made.

As a result, Crossrail has developed a programme to continue testing the timetable model and with very little tweaking of variables we can achieve a high level of punctuality.

Designed for all » Crossrail will be a modern service catering for a wide range of passengers with varied needs. Train design » The new dedicated Crossrail trains will be of the next generation, incorporating advances in technology, be more energy efficient and greener, lighter, quicker, carry more passengers and be more reliable than existing designs today.

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